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Captain Blood
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland

Warner Home Video, 2005

Captain Blood

+ A great pirate movie, and Flynn's first starring role
+ A swashbuckler is born!
+ "All right, my Hearties!"
+ My Favorite Pirate of the Caribbean!
  
  











  



  
Penny Serenade
Cary Grant, Irene Dunne

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 1999

I REMEMBER ALL TOO WELL!!

+ A Wonderful never out dated movie
+ The Loss of a Child Can Destroy a Marriage--or Strengthen It

I've watched the movie Penny Serenade many times and I remember that when my husband and I lost our child in death, our marriage wasn't strong enough to endure the pain of it all. We didn't know how to communicate our grief and pain, instead we mourned the lost to ourselves to an extent each ...
  
  











  



  
Loves of a Blonde - Criterion Collection
Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Mensík

Criterion, 2002

The poignant, sweet story of Andula; one of Milos Foreman's fine, warm and subversive movies

+ Emotional Voyage
+ Love will find its way!
+ Loves of a Blonde
  
  











  



  
Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2
Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman

Image Entertainment, 1998

The final combat against the boyars!

+ "What pleasure is it to be a tsar?"
+ Ivan the Terrible Part 2
+ Stalin's Favorite Role Model
  
  











  



  
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Warner Home Video, 2006

Watching the film again...

+ One of the best movies ever made
+ Virginia Woolf Review
+ Improved WOOLF
  
  











  



  
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson

Republic Pictures, 2004

A Long Dysfunctional Collapse in Oblivion

+ Another Hepburn Triumph
+ Long Day's Journey Into Night
+ Hepburn will blow you away
  
  











  



  
The Fallen Idol - Criterion Collection
Ralph Richardson, Michčle Morgan

Criterion, 2006

Clock Watching

+ wrong format
+ Mildly Charming British Noir
+ A time long ago
  
  











  



  
Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner

Criterion Collection, The, 2005

Are We Bound By Ourselves?

+ Jules et Jim - magnifique!
+ a taste of the Belle Epoque for our time
+ Essential cinema: Truffaut's 'Jules et Jim.'
+ Jules et Jim
  
  











  



  
Network (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Faye Dunaway, William Holden

Warner Home Video, 2006

Virtual reality and corporate cosmology

+ Still Pertains to this Day!
+ Great satire
+ Why this film is still relevant today
+ An entertaining depiction of mass media's public influence
  
  











  



  
Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Keepcase)
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson

Warner Home Video, 2005

Giant

+ Giant

I am into some old movies, and always loved rock hudson in this. it also has james dean, elizabeth taylor. i finally went out and bought the dvd. am glad i did.
  
  











  



  
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
James Cagney, Ann Sothern

Warner Home Video, 2003

Yankee Doodle Danny (Two Disk Special Edition)

+ yankee doodle dandee
+ A Classic Movie
+ Yankee Doodle Dandy
+ Yankee Doodle Dandy
  
  











  



  
Alexander Nevsky
Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov

Image Entertainment, 1998

. . . He Faces Free Men Here

+ Classic film marred by sound problems.
+ Eisenstein's first sound film is propaganda, in the best sense
+ Interesting little film
  
  











  



  
The Prestige
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale

Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone, 2007

You'll Care About the Film in this Box

+ The Prestige: Creepy, Colorful, and Very, Very, Entertaining
+ The Prestige
+ Movie: 5/5 Picture Quality: 4/5 Sound Quality: 4.5/5 Extras: 3.25/5
+ Now You See It, Now You ... See It Again
  
  











  



  
Fahrenheit 451
Oskar Werner, Julie Christie

Image Entertainment, 1998

An inspiring tale of hope!

+ The Future Is Now?
+ Classic movie

Don't touch me, reader! In this film, Montag, is an up and comer at the local fire-station where books are burned. He has a beautiful wife and a promotion coming up. But he starts to read books and his life falls apart! He becomes anti-social, ruins his marriage, and ruins his career! In this ...
  
  











  



  
The Double Life of Veronique - Criterion Collection
Irčne Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska

Criterion, 2006

Double lives

+ Excellent
+ Soul Sisters
+ Absorbing Tale of Love With Marvellous Moods., 8 Oct 2007
  
  











  



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